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221: Beyond Concussion, Mental Game, No Sugar, Vision

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Today we up your Mental Game and Provide you a Healthy Vision for your Future with Dr. John DeWitt and The Mission Beyond Concussion:

Dr. DeWitt is a Vanderbilt University graduate who earned a full athletic scholarship after his first semester. He went on to become the starting defensive end for the next four years and was awarded the Wade Looney Award for outstanding work ethic. He continued his football career with the NFL Houston Oilers, NFL Europe Champion Scottish Claymores, Montreal Alouettes of the CFL, San Francisco Demons of the XFL, and several teams in the AFL including three seasons with the LA Avengers.

After retiring from football, Dr. DeWitt earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Los Angeles Chiropractic College. He is practicing in Orange County, at Bergman Family Chiropractic, specializing in personal injury cases and corrective chiropractic care.

He is certified as a Golf Injury Specialist and an Advanced Sports Nutrition Specialist, Certified in Concussion Assessment.

Nutrition-based healing for concussions is gaining recognition for the vast research supporting not only how to treat a concussion more effectively and naturally, but also because nutrition helps prevent serious effects of traumatic brain injuries.

Dr. DeWitt provides an “in the trenches” perspective on concussions and what they can do over the course of a lifetime for anyone in almost any sport.

During his playing days, Dr. DeWitt personally experienced multiple concussions which he didn’t think much about. “Getting your bell rung” was part of the game. It wasn’t until the movie Concussion came out that he revisited these injuries and was inspired to write the book, Head Games: Concussions and CTE, Where Do We Go From Here?

More recently, his father has been diagnosed with early onset cognitive decline which has caused him to double his efforts on researching brain health. He has a daily podcast on blogtalk radio called BrainBuilders and has an online course called BrainBuilders Masterclass. He shares the latest research on strategies that are stopping and REVERSING cognitive decline in those suffering with all forms of cognitive issues from Alzheimer’s to CTE.

He has written over a dozen books on Golf Injuries, Natural Vision Correction, How to Earn a College Scholarship, Goal Setting and more.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”06:30″] Getting the chills, remembering what it took to gain his scholarship. No Sugar, No Alcohol, and so much more to commit to his Goals.
[spp-timestamp time=”17:40″] Connecting on all of the Doc’s books he’s written, his most popular book was “You Don’t Need Your Glasses or Contacts: Natural Ways to Correct Your Vision Without Drugs or Corrective Lenses”.
[spp-timestamp time=”26:00″] Connecting on podcast best practices, helping John expand his audience of the Brain Builders Podcast.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:00″] Introducing John to Vinnie Tortorich, founder of Fitness Confidential and the NSNG healthy lifestyle, living sugar free, and more. Tieing together sugar and inflammation, injuries, and more.
[spp-timestamp time=”38:00″] Putting in the author reps, taking risks, taking the Imperfect Actions to reach your Goals.
[spp-timestamp time=”41:50″] Connecting on Beyond Concussion, proper training on knowledge around concussions, and Dr. John shares his youth stories of athletics and the risk of concussion.
[spp-timestamp time=”47:30″] Discussing ski racing, the impacts and symptoms of head injuries with youth athletes. Coach awareness and more.
[spp-timestamp time=”57:00″] The incorrect Food Pyramid.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:14:40″] Final Words

Don’t wish life was easier… wish YOU were better! – Quote

[spp-tweet tweet=”Have you heard of Brain Builders?! It’s time to expand your Vision and go Beyond Concussion! @DocDeWitt “]

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Co-Host Links and Resources:

Mentioned Influencers:

Final Words:

Where you are today is not who you are, it’s who you were in the past. You can be whoever you want to be in the future. You just have to make different life choices now and that can get you to where you want to be. You just have to be aware it.

Action Steps:

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219: Creating Healthy Food Islands Part 2 with Erin Sparrold

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Helping You Understand Why To Create Healthy Food Islands:

Food Islands? Healthy or not so healthy, today we dig into ways for you to improve your healthy eating throughout the day. It doesn’t need to be a four course, gourmet meal to FUEL yourself.

Erin Sparrold, CN METS I, is a Sports Nutritionist with a passion for improving the nutritional health and performance of athletes. Erin’s focus lies in supporting her clients’ nutritional needs and their use of foods to help them build health while enhancing performance. She has over 20 years of nutrition coaching experience.

Erin holds a degree in Nutrition Science from the University of Arizona and a sports specific certification in Metabolic Efficiency Training™. Erin is actively involved with her alma mater’s continuing education professional development classes through its renowned Center for Integrative Medicine. A major focus of her studies is on nutritional interventions for the treatment of anxiety and depression, as well as using nutrition to help prevent heart disease and cancer. Additionally, she participates in a sports nutrition mentorship program with Bob Seebohar, a 2008 Olympic Team Dietician.

Erin works with a variety of high school and collegiate athletic teams, including Lehigh University Wrestling, Lafayette men’s soccer and women’s basketball, along with IronMan triathletes and other individual athletes at varying levels in their career. Her passion for helping people live healthier lives and compete at their best is evident through the time she spends with each of her clients and customizing their nutritional plans.

Erin’s curiosity into the science of nutrition began when she was a student-athlete. While competing as one of the top swimmers in her league, she credits her success to following her coaches’ recommendations for different nutritional strategies for training and competition cycles. Her success in swimming continued into master’s swim competitions and now into Ragnar Relay Races, Spartan Races, and Tough Mudders. Erin is currently training for her first triathlon. When it comes to testing out her sports nutrition wisdom, Erin literally puts into practice what she preaches to the athletes she serves today.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”09:10″] Red Wine.
[spp-timestamp time=”20:25″] Going to the butcher for fresh meat, slab bacon, plus other Healthy Food Islands.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:00″] Over-vilified dairy and other healthy fats. Lactose intolerance vs dairy allergies.
[spp-timestamp time=”42:00″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Create Your Own Healthy Food Islands. You Too Can LIVETHEFUEL! @erinsparrold @livethefuel “]

Watch On YouTube:

Co-Host Links and Resources:

Mentioned Influencers:

Pending

Past Appearances of Erin:

Final Words:

Leaving you with a stronger encouragement to simplify the process for yourselves, so you’re assembling easy meals. It does not need to be a four course, gourmet meal, everytime you need to FUEL yourself. Simplify the process and balance the nutrients.

Action Steps:

Submit an iTunes Review. More 5 Stars reaches more people!
Visit our Resources page and a reminder to LIVE-THE-FUEL my friends!
Join my private Facebook community THE FUEL TANK!

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215: Erin Sparrold Part 1 – Daily vs Sports Periodized Nutrition

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Sports Periodized Nutrition vs Daily Nutrition:

Erin Sparrold, CN METS I, is a sports nutritionist with a passion for improving the nutritional health and performance of athletes. Erin’s focus lies in supporting her clients’ nutritional needs and their use of foods to help them build health while enhancing performance. She has over 20 years of nutrition coaching experience.

Erin holds a degree in Nutrition Science from the University of Arizona and a sports specific certification in Metabolic Efficiency Training™. Erin is actively involved with her alma mater’s continuing education professional development classes through its renowned Center for Integrative Medicine. A major focus of her studies is on nutritional interventions for treatment of anxiety and depression, as well as using nutrition to help prevent heart disease and cancer. Additionally, she participates in a sports nutrition mentorship program with Bob Seebohar, a 2008 Olympic Team Dietician.

Erin works with a variety of high school and collegiate athletic teams, including Lehigh University Wrestling , Lafayette men’s soccer and women’s basketball, along with IronMan triathletes and other individual athletes at varying levels in their career. Her passion for helping people live healthier lives and compete at their best is evident through the time she spends with each of her clients and customizing their nutritional plans.

Erin’s curiosity into the science of nutrition began when she was a student athlete. While competing as one of the top swimmers in her league, she credits her success to following her coaches’ recommendations for different nutritional strategies for training and competition cycles. Her success in swimming continued into master’s swim competitions and now into Ragnar Relay Races, Spartan Races, and Tough Mudders. Erin is currently training for her first triathlon. When it comes to testing out her sports nutrition wisdom, Erin literally puts into practice what she preaches to the athletes she serves today.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”17:38″] Erin is not anti-banana but she’s not like eat all of the bananas.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:25″] Final Words

Hot Topics:

Simplicity Theme
Set Up Safety Nets
Sunday Meal Prep
Egg Bake
Salad
Yogurts
Nuts/Seeds
Meats/Cheese
Superman Rolls
Cottage Cheese

“Learn to love the foods that love you back” – Erin Sparrold

[spp-tweet tweet=”Learn to Love Your Food with @erinsparrold You Too Can LIVETHEFUEL! @livethefuel “]

Watch On YouTube:

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Dr. Megan Cannon Ph.D.

Past Appearances of Erin:

Final Words:

Set up Healthy Islands throughout your life at work, home, the gym, etc.

Your Action Steps:

Submit an iTunes Review. More 5 Stars reaches more people!
Visit our Resources page and a reminder to LIVE-THE-FUEL my friends!
Join my private Facebook community THE FUEL TANK!

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159: Food Anxiety, Lists, and Life Balance with Single Mom Erin Sparrold

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Food Lists and Having Food Anxiety With Regular Co-Host, Sports Nutritionist Co-Host:

Today’s co-host is a foodie Sports Nutritionist that lives as a single mom foodie. She brings a lot of value to our audience around nutrition and healthy lifestyle encouragement, with a specialization in sports. All of this happens so she can talk to us today about food lists, food anxiety and much more!

Erin’s curiosity into the science of nutrition began when she was a student-athlete. While competing as one of the top swimmers in her conference, she credits her success to following her coaches’ recommendations for different nutritional strategies for training and competition cycles. Her success in swimming continued into master’s swim competitions and now into Ragnar Races, Spartan Races, and Tough Mudders. When it comes to testing out her sports nutrition wisdom, Erin literally puts into practice what she preaches to the athletes she serves today.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”40:00″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Create single mom success and healthy food lists with @ErinSparrold “]

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Dr. Megan Cannon PhD

Final Words:

FINAL WORDS…Pending

Action Steps:

Please Subscribe and Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review. The more reviews, the more people can find us. We love 5 Stars too!
Join our private Facebook Group community called THE FUEL TANK.
Visit our Resources page and a reminder to LIVE-THE-FUEL my friends!

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065: Our False Healthy Halo with Erin Sparrold

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000

False Healthy Halo Co-Host Education:

Today’s episode is a return of certified nutritionist, Erin Sparrold, CN, MET of Mind of the Athlete. Erin returns to catch up on health, nutrition, but most importantly to talk more on this “False Healthy Halo” we’ve been creating overtop of our health and nutritional goals. A reminder, Erin Sparrold is a sports nutritionist with a passion for improving the health and performance of athletes. She has over 20 years of nutrition coaching experience.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”02:00″] Erin’s upcoming cooking event here in Bethlehem at Seasons Olive Oil along with what this craze is with using the terminology “Nom Nom” in relation to hunger or excitement.
[spp-timestamp time=”4:55″] Puglia, Italy and the Puglia Pinch taste from the purity of Villa Cappelli Olive Oil. Use Scott’s discount code “FUEL” to get 10% off your order!
[spp-timestamp time=”5:55″] Erin must read the book, Extra Virginity. All USA consumers need to learn about the “Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil.” There’s no purity regulations to protect the consumers and a whole lot more that’s going wrong.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:30″] Erin’s funny story on Bone Broth.
[spp-timestamp time=”15:30″] Our toxic bodies and how our taste buds can become desensitized.
[spp-timestamp time=”17:55″] Stripping out healthy fats, for example on our salads, may impact how our bodies absorb necessary nutrients. Certain nutrients are not as bio-available.
[spp-timestamp time=”20:00″] Simplifying nutrition and biohacking.
[spp-timestamp time=”22:50″] Erin’s use of a False Healthy Halo to explain the improper food marketing that’s happening in our industry. It’s miss-educating consumers and sending us down unhealthy paths while making us think we’re making healthy decisions.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:15″] Blanketed “diets” can be quite unhelpful. We need to adapt and modify them to fit each unique person’s lifestyle.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:30″] How my own father’s heart doctor was incorrectly advising him on healthy heart diets. He was telling him to eat Cheerios vs real, whole, eggs. Eggs provide essential cholesterol that our cells require.
[spp-timestamp time=”37:45″] Our healthy gut microbiome.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:30″] Flip our current government approved, food pyramid upside down and we’ll see some amazing health improvements in this country.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:00″] The history and the government subsidies that has influenced our grain production and increased recommended consumption.
[spp-timestamp time=”48:50″] Erin keeps us away from the False Healthy Halo. She keeps it simple by teaching us to buy, whole, minimally processed foods.
[spp-timestamp time=”57:10″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Nutritional marketing setting False Healthy Halo for people @erinsparrold @LIVETHEFUEL “]

Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Final Words

Erin’s message, her Golden Nugget, is to keep this super simple. Living a healthy lifestyle takes us time to implement. Don’t expect perfection overnight and don’t expect it at the finish line either, it’s a constant process.

Action Steps

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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050: A Healthy 50th Podcast with Mind of the Athlete

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:00:00 +0000

50th Podcast with 2 Co-Hosts!

Welcome to our 50th podcast of LIVETHEFUEL. For this milestone Episode, we are joined by Dr. Megan Cannon and Erin Sparrold of Mind of the Athlete. This episode is about taking the time to be more aware of the people around us and to start inflicting positive change in our lives and the people around us. Start making the complex, simple. We bring back Dr. Megan and Erin to take the mental and nutritional standpoints and help you cultivate your positive change.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”02:31″] Re-Building a healthy body image from a mental and nutritional standpoint.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:29″] Helping people understand the benefits and the power of food, is hugely important. Knowledge is power and unfortunately, right now in the media, there is so much negative information surrounding food and nutrition. There is so much pressure put on people and negative messaging that people do not understand the positive powers food has to help you build your health.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:00″] Body Image. You have to work with the body you have got. We are given these visual ideas of what we think our bodies should look like. But that does not always match up with the reality of our own biology.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:08″] Perceptual body image.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:14″] The image that we are holding ourselves to is not a healthy way to live day to day. People that compete in body sculpting, bodybuilding and physique competitions do not live like that 100% of the time.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:54″] You can’t sustain a high level of performance consistently, you have to let your body and mind rest. That’s why there are training cycles.
[spp-timestamp time=”18:00″] How you talk to the down curve. You need to have other things, other goals and not be setting your whole identity around one pillar. Having a sole focus is never healthy because the come-down from achieving that focus or goal can be really hard.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:55″] Why people struggle to handle the transition from the journey to the destination
[spp-timestamp time=”21:46″] Being aware and noticing behavioral changes. Don’t be scared to check in with people to see how they are doing. It gives the person who requires the help an outlet to talk.
[spp-timestamp time=”24:41″] Having the dialog, being honest with each other. It helps normalize the down after competing.
[spp-timestamp time=”26:02″] Holding ourselves accountable to be more aware of what’s actually happening with the people in our lives.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:25″] Listen for the things that people are doing right and tell them that’s awesome. Build on the positive stuff people are doing rather than the things they are not doing right. Those small lifting moments helps build the positive habits in others. Those little bits of encouragement can be very powerful.
[spp-timestamp time=”31:53″] It’s not the massive things we need to try and change, it’s the small things. Take 5 minutes to check in with someone. You have no idea the impact it will make on them.
[spp-timestamp time=”33:26″] Simple things we could be doing right now.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:42″] It’s the simple things. We need to be taking complex things from our lives and start breaking them down into very simple steps.
[spp-timestamp time=”38:22″] Final Words of our 50th Podcast

[spp-tweet tweet=”Start making the complex simple @mindofathlete on LIVETHEFUEL”]

Links and Resources

People Mentioned

Final Words of our 50th Podcast

Be more aware and do more to help us figure out what makes us feel better.
Build on the positive habit, keep moving forward and stop beating yourselves up for what you’re not doing right. Find the positive and grow it.

Action Steps

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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